The Hong Kong Design Center’s annual flagship event, Business of Design Week (BODW) 2025, will take place from December 1 to 6.
This year, BODW has entered a year-long partnership with Italy under the theme “Curiosity Ignites Design Innovation.”
The event will examine how curiosity has fueled Italy’s creativity and innovation across various disciplines, while underscoring Hong Kong’s position as a bridge connecting Eastern and Western cultures.
At the heart of the program is the BODW 2025 Summit, scheduled for December 3 to 5 at the Wan Chai Exhibition Centre.
It will gather more than 50 creative leaders and business decision-makers from Italy, the UK, the US, the Czech Republic, Japan, mainland China, Hong Kong, and other parts of the world.
Carmelo Ficarra, Consul General of Italy in Hong Kong and Macau, expressed Italy’s deep honor in returning for the third time as BODW’s year-long Partner Country.
He noted that the event represents a significant milestone in the collaboration between Italy and Hong Kong’s creative industries.
“Through BODW 2025, we look forward to sharing Italy’s globally cherished design philosophy and artisanal heritage, while jointly exploring how ‘Curiosity’ can ignite creative sparks,” he said.
Meanwhile, ArtNext Fair, a leading Hong Kong platform for emerging artists, has launched its 10th-anniversary edition.
Running until next Monday at PMQ in Central, it features over 120 outstanding artists from the Greater Bay Area, Belt and Road regions, and other locations worldwide.
[Special Announcement] Discover the diversity of Portuguese-speaking cultures at Macao’s “2025 GEG Lusofonia Festival”
An extravaganza of arts, performance and gastronomy of Portuguese-speaking countries comes to Macao’s Taipa Houses from 24 to 26 October and 31 October to 2 November at the 2025 GEG Lusofonia Festival. Held in parallel with the “7th Encounter in Macau – Arts and Cultural Festival between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries”, the festival features music, dance, art, crafts, traditional costumes, literature, tourist information, market fairs and typical snacks and drinks of these countries, including Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, San Tome and Principe, East Timor, Goa, Daman and Diu and, of course, Macao. It’s an amazing cultural encounter not to be missed.
For more information, please visit: https://www.icm.gov.mo/FCP/2025/en/events/Programme1
